Lucent to Expand in China

Updated June 5, 2003 2:24 p.m. ET

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is investing about $50 million to expand its research-and-development organization in China and focus more on next-generation mobile-phone technology. The U.S. telecommunications-equipment maker said earlier this week that the additional funds would largely support research on 3G, or third-generation, technologies that China's mobile operators are expected to begin testing over the next year. Bell Labs (www.bell-labs.com), the research arm of Lucent Technologies, has several R&D facilities across China, Lucent said, as well as six joint labs with top Chinese schools such as...